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1 Penny - Alexander III 2nd Coinage, Class A
| Issuer | Scotland |
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| Year | 1280-1286 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ALEXSANDER DEI G`CIA (Translation: Alexander, by the Grace of God) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Alexander III's monetary reform of 1280 brought Scottish coinage into closer alignment with English penny weights following decades of divergence — a pragmatic response to cross-border trade friction rather than any political capitulation. The Class A sterlings of this second coinage are distinguished by their short-cross-and-stars reverse, a type shared broadly across contemporary British and northern European issues, which has led to persistent misattribution of worn examples at auction.
Alexander died in March 1286 after his horse stumbled off a cliff near Kinghorn in darkness, ending the coinage abruptly and triggering the succession crisis that would eventually draw Edward I into Scottish affairs.